BELLEROSE, Queens (PIX11) --- A candlelight vigil will be held Friday evening to honor the Queens couple that was tortured and killed in their home earlier this week.

The vigil will be held near the victim's Bellerose home near 254th Street and 87th Drive at approximately 7:30 p.m.

Parolee Jamel McGriff, 42, is accused of killing 76-year-old Frank Olton and his 77-year-old wife, Maureen, and then setting their home on fire on Monday to cover up the crime.

"He needs to suffer every pain and indignity he perpetrated on my cousins...This guy deserves the death penalty," the victims' cousin told PIX11 News.

Prosecutors said Frank Olton was stabbed multiple times in the body and tied to a pole in the basement before the home went up in flames. His wife's charred remains revealed she had the

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